LoungeLizard2
join:2003-11-21
Vallejo, CA
| reply to Jason Levine
Re: Not a good thing at all
If you're allergic to medication, then you wear a medi-alert bracelet, not post all your medical records on-line. Why should my dentist, or OGBYN know that I went to a psychologist? Also....there are so many mistakes on credit reports, why would I want my medical records to be the same. |
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Jason Levine
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| said by LoungeLizard2  :
If you're allergic to medication, then you wear a medi-alert bracelet, not post all your medical records on-line. Why should my dentist, or OGBYN know that I went to a psychologist? Also....there are so many mistakes on credit reports, why would I want my medical records to be the same.
Not everyone who's allergic to medication wears a medi-alert bracelet. My wife is allergic to certain commonly used antibiotics. If she were in the ER (unable to communicate her allergies and without an informed family member handy), she might be given the wrong antibiotic and have a bad, life threatening reaction.
As for them being online, we're not talking about a website. Docs won't log into www.allhealthrecordsarehere.com. Instead, they would have a secure interface to a network that will allow them to view and add to your medical record.
For an analogous situation, look at ATMs. They are connected via a network without being online in the World Wide Web sense of the word. You can't simply edit your balance because you can access your bank account anywhere worldwide.
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enOehT
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join:2003-05-17
Langhorne, PA
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said by LoungeLizard2 :
Why should my dentist, or OGBYN know that I went to a psychologist?
What is wrong with seeing a psychologist? The brain is just another organ. You shouldn't attach a stigma to it. This is 2004 right? not 1954?
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LoungeLizard2
join:2003-11-21
Vallejo, CA
1 edit | Here's a slight misgiving...
Insurance companies are starting to DENY coverage, if they see that you were prescribed anti-depressants. Be afraid, and not for the reasons Tom Ridge gives... |
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LoungeLizard2
join:2003-11-21
Vallejo, CA | reply to Jason Levine
How has she survived this long?
So what does she do now? If I had a life threatening allergy, I would wear a bracelet, and not wait for the government to protect me, (and violate everyone Else's privacy). |
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enOehT
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join:2003-05-17
Langhorne, PA
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Re: Here's a slight misgiving...
I am a health care provider, and I deal with insurances on a daily basis, and what you are saying has no merit.
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biochemistry
join:2003-05-09
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Re: Not a good thing at all
"Why should my dentist, or OGBYN know that I went to a psychologist?"
Well just off the top of my head, it may be important for your ob/gyn to monitor for postpartum depression. I doubt dentists would be given access to these records and in fact since psychologists are not doctors, I don't think they would have access either nor would their records be available to MD's.
The VA Hospital system has already gone electronic and the records from one VA hospital are accessible at any other. |
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MorWired
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| said by biochemistry :
The VA Hospital system has already gone electronic and the records from one VA hospital are accessible at any other.
But the VA is a closed, finite system. Now we're talking about every single hospital, clinic, and doctor's office not only entering data (consistently?!), but also having access to the information -- that's a very, very different (and much scarier) prospect.
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enOehT
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1 edit | reply to biochemistry
said by biochemistry :
since psychologists are not doctors
Psychologists have either a Ph.D. or Psy.D., so they are indeed doctors.
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nixen
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| said by enOehT :
said by biochemistry :
since psychologists are not doctors
Psychologists had either a Ph.D. or Psy.D., so they are indeed doctors.
Probably meant that psychologist, unlike psychiatrists, are not MDs.
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enOehT
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| said by nixen :
Probably meant that psychologist, unlike psychiatrists, are not MDs.
Here is a list of doctors that aren't MDs: PhD, PsyD, EdD, DDS, DMD, DPM, OD, DO, DC, PharmD, JD. All doctors, and not a single one is an MD, lol.
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LoungeLizard2
join:2003-11-21
Vallejo, CA | reply to enOehT
Um....... It's in the Newspaper...
OK, the summary then----Anti-depressants are expensive, insurance companies don't want to spend money on health care, insurance companies deny coverage for people they believe might want anti-depressants. |
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